How to collect the plum correctly?

Plum is a delicious, aromatic fruit. The crop is harvested at the end of summer. They are placed in storage and homemade preparations are made for the winter. The fragrant, juicy fruit should be handled carefully in order to preserve it for a long time. Improper storage leads to the fact that the delicate fruit starts to spoil.

To avoid this, it is worth following certain rules that will help preserve the crop for a long time. How to keep plums fresh for the winter? Will the plum sing after plucking? Questions concern many gardeners. Let's figure it out in more detail.

Before preparing the fruit for the winter, it must be properly harvested from the tree. The following rules should be observed:

1. Harvesting should only be done in dry weather. Moisture causes the fruit to rot quickly. Therefore, dried fruits have a longer shelf life.
2. Watch for ripening. Harvesting takes place in several stages, as maturation is gradual. Pluck a ripe plum from the branches, do not wait for it to fall.
3. If you plan to store the crop for a long time, then it is recommended to cut it off with scissors and immediately place it in storage containers. Preserve the wax film, it protects against adverse environmental influences.
4. When harvesting, carefully remove the fruit. Start collecting from the lower extreme branches, then gradually move to the upper branches, moving towards the trunk. The tree has fragile wood, so you should not tilt the branches. If you plan to transport or store the crop, remember you cannot panic the tree, otherwise the fruits will all be beaten. This method is only suitable if the fruits are immediately eaten.
5. Ripening is not simultaneous, so the collection is carried out in several stages. Ripe fruits are suitable for fresh consumption, for jam, jam.
6. Take for storage without mechanical damage.

Can green fruits be harvested?

Let's see if the plucked green plum ripens? Harvesting takes place in several stages, but it so happens that you need to harvest the whole crop. Then you have to harvest the entire crop. Unripe plum ripens at home, but only at room temperature.

Do the fruits ripen after plucking and how to help ripen?

Harvested unripe plums can ripen. Examine the harvest. Select healthy ones without stains, dents. You can bring to a mature state in several ways:

1. Keep the fruit out of the refrigerator for several days until it ripens. But you can put the crop in a paper bag, which will speed up the process. During ripening, the fruit gives off ethylene gas. Therefore, by placing the berries in a paper bag, you will surround them with this gas, which will lead to rapid ripening.
2. Do not store unripe plums in the refrigerator. Ripening will stop and the fruit will become tasteless.
3. If there is no rush to ripen, then put the fruits in a bowl on the table. They will need an extra day to mature.
4. Fruits will ripen faster at room temperature. Do not put them in the refrigerator until they are fully ripe.
5. The fruits should not be placed on the windowsill for quick ripening. The sun's rays will overheat the berry and it will start to rot.
6. Ripe fruits smell sweet and fresh, they are soft to the touch. A dusty shade may appear on them, which indicates ripeness. As soon as you notice this, it means they can be removed for long-term storage.
7. Do not let the fruit overripe, otherwise it will begin to secrete juice, the skin will become soft, the flesh will turn black.

How to keep fruits at home for the winter?

If the plums were stored at room temperature and did not start to deteriorate, then I can extend their term in the refrigerator.

How to store fresh plums properly?

• It is forbidden to store in plastic bags, this leads to rot.
• It is best to store large fruit in an egg carton in the refrigerator. This storage method will help preserve the fetus for three weeks.
• For storage in the refrigerator, the temperature must be at least 5 degrees. At low temperatures, the pulp darkens, the taste and aroma are lost.
• Despite the fact that you want to preserve the fruit, it is better to eat it as soon as possible. This is due to the fact that over time, the taste, appearance, aroma and flesh becomes less intense.
• You can freeze the fruit, but only first you need to remove the bone.
• You can store it on the balcony in a dark place in wooden boxes. The number of layers in the box should be minimal.

You can save the harvest in the following ways:

1. Plums can be stored in the refrigerator for up to two weeks.
2. In the cellar, a fruit with a stone can survive for more than a month, but if the fruits are regularly inspected during storage.
3. Dried plums can be stored for several months. The process of preparing the fruit includes several stages. Rinsing, blanching, drying in the oven.
4. Refrigeration storage can be extended up to three weeks. For this, unripe and hard varieties of plums are suitable. Place the fruits in the refrigerator, stand for 15 hours at a temperature of 0 degrees, then increase the temperature to 5 degrees. Thanks to this difference, the fruit will not lose its taste and will be able to last longer.
5. Plums can be frozen... It is worth noting that you only need to freeze once, the fruit will not stand the repeated procedure. Choose ripe, fragrant, undamaged fruits for freezing; unripe fruit will not taste good when you defrost it. Before freezing the fruits, they must be washed and dried. Remove the pit, place the plum on a tray, and freeze. Then put the frozen fruit in a container.
6. You need to prepare a plum in a sweet form. Therefore, we will make plum jam, which is suitable for baking. You can store it for more than six months. For cooking, you will need ripe plums, sugar, pectin and lemon juice. Peel the plums, boil a little, rub through a sieve, add sugar, pectin and a little lemon juice. Boil for half an hour. Put the ready-made jam into clean jars.

   

7. Properly dried plums are not only tasty, but also healthy. Let's prepare the prunes. It is better to use such varieties as: "Renklod Karbysheva", "Anna Shpet", "Blue-free", "D'Ente". Drying is done in several ways. Electric dryers are used for drying, but in an ordinary oven you can also get a product with a good taste. Getting started:

• Select the largest fruits, remove the stalks and seeds, wash well.
• The plum must be blanched in a baking soda solution for a couple of minutes. Small cracks should form on the skin, which will help the moisture evaporate.
• Preheat the oven to a temperature of 50 degrees;
• We will dry on a baking sheet, which must be covered with paper. Spread the dried plums on the surface.
• Dry for at least five hours. Then let them cool down at room temperature.
• Turn the fruits over and again in the oven with a temperature of 70 degrees, stand for another five hours.
• Store dried fruits in a ventilated area in boxes or wooden boxes.

8. Many people do not like frozen and dried fruits, so there is an alternative. Prepare pickled plums for the winter. Store the product for six months. You will need the following ingredients: plums, water 500 ml, 300 grams of sugar, cinnamon, half a teaspoon, salt a teaspoon, allspice and black pepper. Wash the plums, pack them in jars. Prepare the marinade from all the ingredients, after it boils, add 100 ml of vinegar. Pour the fruits with marinade, put the jars to sterilize for 15 minutes.

Plums are a fleshy, aromatic and tasty summer fruit, and also a storehouse of vitamins and microelements. Correct harvesting affects the safety of the plum. Keeping fruit at home is easy, choose an easy way to preserve fruit for yourself.